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NCDC Develops Tool On Epidemiology, Disease Reportage - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 23, 2022
Director, Prevention Programmes and Knowledge Management, Head of Research, NCDC, Chinwe Ochu, spoke in Lagos, on the sideline of Media Preparedness Against Future and Current Outbreak Response Programme Brainstorming session.
Ochu explained that with the training, journalists and editors would be able to investigate information and know how to report scientifically diseases of public health importance.
On her part, Olayinka Umar-Farouk, Deputy Project Director, Risk Communication, Breakthrough ACTION – Nigeria, said journalists had always been part of the response of outbreaks.
She maintained that journalists needed to be recognised as first respondents.
Also, Field Coordinator, Nigerian Field and Laboratory Training Programme AFENET, Aishat Usman, said it had worked with Ministry of Health, Agriculture and Environment, to strengthen public health network force in Africa.

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NCDC, NAFDAC Must Certified With Chinese Drugs And Doctors — Osagie - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 11, 2020
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has disclosed that all medicines brought into the country as gifts by the Chinese government to fight against coronavirus (COVID-19), will be tested and cleared by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) before they are used.
He added that the medical team from China coming into the country is to provide technical support for the nation’s healthcare workers, especially on the tactics and strategies they used to reduce the cases of coronavirus in their country.
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He alsomade this known in a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 inAbuja yesterday, said: “The team from China is under quarantine and the intendedplace where the doctors will be kept has been inspected by NCDC before theycame.
The Minister alsostressed that all medicines and gifts, have to be certified by NAFDAC andagencies involve  before Nigerians will usethem.”

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NCDC, Nigeria’s Covid-19 Cases Surpass 400 As 34 New Infections Confirmed - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 16, 2020
Thirty-four new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed by the NCDC, taking Nigeria’s total infections to 407.
The NCDC confirmed this via a statement on Twitter.
According to the agency, of the 34 cases, 18 were found in Lagos, 12 in Kano and two in Katsina while Delta, Niger recorded one each.
A total of 128 persons have, however, been discharged while 12 deaths have been recorded.


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NCDC Records 846 Lassa Fever Cases, 148 Deaths - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 13, 2023
The predominant age group affected is 21-30 years and the male-to-female ratio for the confirmed cases is 10:9.
Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic illness caused by the Lassa virus, a member of the arenavirus family of viruses.
Humans usually become infected with the Lassa virus through exposure to food or household items contaminated with the urine or faeces of infected Mastomys rats.
The disease is endemic in the rodent population in parts of West Africa.
Lassa fever remains a major public health challenge as poor environmental sanitation, poor awareness, and late presentation of cases are reported to fuel the epidemic in Nigeria.


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NCDC Reports 24 New Cases Of Monkeypox In One Week - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 9, 2022
The NCDC reported the cases via its official website.
It stated that a total of 157 positive infections of monkeypox were confirmed between January 1 and July 31.
Monkeypox is an ongoing outbreak, a viral disease that was confirmed in May 2022.
The initial cluster of cases was found in the United Kingdom, where the first case was detected on May 6, in an individual with travel links to Nigeria.
Researchers are yet to discover why monkeypox seems to be propagating so readily and unconventionally in the current global outbreak.

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NCDC Urges Media Practitioners To Unite Against Misinformation About Diseases Outbreak - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 13, 2024
The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, Ifedayo Adetifa, made the plea during the Track 2 “Social and Behavioral Change (SBC), Risk Communication Module and Media Fellowship Programme”.
He also said that the fellowship aimed to enhance journalists’ knowledge and skills in public health, through comprehensive training on basic epidemiology, infodemiology and SBC/Risk Communication, recognising the interdependence of the programme areas.
On his part, Resident Advisor at AFENET, West Africa Region, Mohammed Balogun, underscored the importance of the media to maintain enthusiasm and dedication in participating in the fellowship programme, expressing gratitude for participants’ commitment.

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NCDMB Disburses Over $293.3m To 61 Firms – Official - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 20, 2022
The General Manager, NCIF and Treasury, Obinna Ofili, said this at the Nigerian Content Capacity Building workshop for media stakeholders in Lagos on Monday.
He said the total balance with BoI, was 31.5 million dollars and 3.11 billion Naira as at November, while total money creation by loan disbursements so far amounted to about 25 million dollars and 34 billion naira respectively.
Ofili added that reports from Bol indicated that the NCIF managed by the bank till date had recorded zero per cent non- performing loan.
The NCIF boss said the board was proud to have experienced and skilled counterpart, saying Bol was the leading Development Finance Institution in Nigeria with NPL below five per cent, a feat which he described as unprecedented in Nigeria.
He explained that the Nigerian Content Development Fund, was a special fund created to finance Nigerian content development in the oil and gas industry.

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NCDMB Seeks Agenda-Driven Partnership On Research Development - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 22, 2022
The board emphasised the need to attract sustainable funding as a major tool needed for R & D, innovation and entrepreneurship to create value in the Nigerian oil and gas industry.
The General Manager, Research, Statistics and Development Division, NCDMB Abdulmalik Halilu made the call in Abuja at a Nigerian content capacity building workshop for media stakeholders.
The workshop has its theme as “Enhancing Media Competencies to Support Nigerian Content in a Gas Economy’’.
He said the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development NOGICD Act 2010 established NCDMB as the sole agency of Federal Government responsible for driving Nigerian Content in the oil and gas industry.
According to him, the oil sector is a global business that does not compromise standard, hence there is need to ensure optimal capacity and utilisation of specified schedule to achieve local content standard.
Abdulmalik alleged that its 10-year R&D roadmap anchored on eight success pillar for systematic development research and innovation, thereby underscored the need to have competitive and well-structured research and development system.

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NCJ Recommends Appointment Of Justice Tanko Muhammad - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 11, 2019
The National Judicial Council, NJC has recommended toPresident Muhammadu Buhari, the appointment of Justice Tanko Muhammad as thesubstantive Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN.
NJC’s Director of Information, Soji Oye said this in astatement in Abuja after the Council rose from an emergency meeting.
The meeting which was initially presided over by JusticeUmaru Abdullahi considered and approved the recommendation of its InterviewCommittee that screened the two candidates presented by the Federal JudicialService Commission to it for appointment as Chief Justice of Nigeria.
Subsequently, the plenary of the Meeting presided over bythe Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Muhammad, recommended to theGovernors of Sokoto, Lagos, Anambra, Ebonyi, Niger, Taraba, Kano, and JigawaStates, eight successful candidates for appointment as Chief Judges and GrandKadis for the States.���2}m3�


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NCNE Harps On Youth Empowerment, Skill Acquisition - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 20, 2022
Executive Secretary of the commission, Bashir Usman, stated this at the opening of a four-day workshop on the development of training manuals for skill acquisition for nomadic youths in Abuja.
Usman said that the initiative of empowering the youth through skill acquisition and sustainable livelihood could help reduce the poverty rate in many rural societies and reduce youth restiveness.
Usman said that the programme could also help in reducing social vices, such as cattle rustling, kidnapping, raping, rural banditry, piracy and incessant conflicts, leading to wanton destruction of lives and property.
According to Usman, when a youth learns a skill, he can use such skill to feed, send his children to school, assist others with employment and invest to secure the future.
Usman, however, urged the participants to put in their best in developing the standard training manuals for skill acquisition for nomadic youths.


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NCOS Boss Orders Investigation Into Kogi Jailbreak As 240 Inmates Escape - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 14, 2021
The NCoS Public Relations Officer, Controller of Corrections CC Francis Enobore said this in a statement in Abuja.
The Medium Security Custodial Centre MSCC in Kabba, Kogi State had been attacked by yet to be identified gunmen and 240 inmates forcefully released.
The Controller General, who personally led a team to assess the situation, said that the incident took place Sunday, September 12 2021.
The attackers in their numbers were said to have arrived at the custodial centre heavily armed and immediately engaged the armed guards in a fierce gun battle.
Nababa appealed to the general public to provide useful intelligence to security operatives that would assist in recapturing the escapees.
Established in 2008, the Kabba MSCC had a capacity for 200 inmates, but at the time of the invasion, 294 inmates were in custody, out of which 224 are pre-trial detainees and 70 convicted inmates.

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NCOS Commander Tasks Officers On Professionalism - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 23, 2023
Obiako, who is also Commander of Nigerian Correctional Service, Enugu State Command, made this known during a send-off for the officer in charge of Enugu Custodian Centre, Joseph Usifo, who was promoted to the rank of Controller of Corrections.
He noted that there was a need to continuously maintain high professionalism to adequately attain the reformatory, rehabilitation and reintegration of inmates back to society as stipulated by the new Nigerian Correctional Service Act.
According to him, the Nigerian Correctional Service is deploying all necessary tools, including entertainment in the development and empowerment of inmates of Enugu Custodian Centre for effective reformation.
Earlier, Usifo commended the staff for their team work and team spirit, adding that he was able to achieve success based on his robust leadership acumen and determination.


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NCOS Delays Fleeing Inmates Identities Four Days After Jailbreak - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 26, 2021
Sources said that 463 inmates have been recaptured on Monday while more than 300 are still at large.
But the NCoS spokesman, Francis Enobore, said the pictures and names of the inmates would be released soon, adding that the service was still sorting out the names of those who escaped and those re-arrested.
Also, the Public Relations Officer of NCoS, Oyo State Command, Lanre Anjonrin, confirmed the return of more inmates to the media in Ibadan on Monday.
Meanwhile, security experts have attributed the frequent attacks and breaches of custodial facilities across the country to lack of synergy between the NCoS and the Nigeria Police.
The experts also noted that the correctional officers were poorly trained and ill-motivated, adding that the NCoS does not have the wherewithal to effectively protect custodial centres against armed attacks.

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NCOS Is Not Recruiting, Spokesman Alerts Job Seekers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 23, 2022
The Nigeria Correctional Service  Public Relations Officer Francis Enobore made this known in a statement he issued in Abuja.
He said that the clarification became necessary following desperate efforts by alleged fraudsters to scam unsuspecting job seekers or their sponsors.
The spokesman said that some unscrupulous elements had opened a ‘recruitment’ portal codenamed ‘NCoS 2023 Recruitment Exercise’ and were charging fees purportedly to access the portal.


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NCOS To Re-Arrest 3,000 Escaped Inmates With Nin - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 21, 2021
The spokesman of the service, Francis Enobore, who said this in Abuja, added that the service explained that it is already harmonising the bio-data of the fugitives with the NIMC database, noting that the NIN would make it easy to re-arrest the escapees.
About 114 inmates voluntarily returned or were apprehended out of the 240 inmates who escaped from the Kabba Medium Security Custodial Centre in September.
On April 5, gunmen raided Owerri Custodial Centre, Imo State, freeing 1,884 inmates. Less than 300 inmates were reportedly re-arrested.
Last year, more than 2,058 prisoners escaped from various custodial facilities during jailbreaks in Delta, Edo and Ondo States, while five died while trying to escape from prisons in Kaduna and Imo States.

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NCPC Boss Advises Intending Pilgrims To Be Of Good Conduct - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 18, 2023
Executive Secretary of the commission, Yakubu Pam, urged them to pray for the peaceful and successful conduct of the February general elections.
He gave the advice at the departure of the fourth Batch of the 2022 Christian Pilgrims from Akwa-Ibom and Delta States, to Israel and Jordan at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Pam, also charged them to be a good ambassador of Nigeria and Christianity in general, tasking them to pray for peace and unity of Nigeria and to also vote for the candidates of their choice during the elections.
He calls them to avoid anything that would tarnish the image of the country while carrying out their spiritual activities in the holy land.
On his part, , Commissioner for Special Duties, Delta, John bull Edema, Chairman, Delta Christian Pilgrim Welfare Board, Cyril Odutemu, among others advised the pilgrims against abscondment.

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NCPC Boss Urges Zero Abscondment In Pilgrimage Exercise - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 25, 2019
Director,Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission, NPPC Esther Kwaghe  has charged the Security Committee for the2019 Christian Pilgrimage exercise to ensure zero abscondment.
Kwaghe,in a statement by Head, Media and Public Relations, Celestine Toruka, in Abuja,urged the committee to identify pilgrims who had the potential to abscond.
Accordingto the statement, abscondment has been a very big challenge to ChristianPilgrimage over the years.
Kwaghestressed that Nigeria is blessed with so much resources that no citizen shouldaspire to live elsewhere, urging Nigerians to look inward and explore availableresources toward personal and national development.
She,however, charged the committee to diligently carry out its duties and accordthe pilgrims the respect they deserve.
Inhis response, Coordinator of the Security Committee, John Alifa, thanked theCommission for giving them the opportunity to serve.

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NDA Attack: KDSG Sends Solidarity Message To Armed Forces, Other Security Agencies - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 25, 2021
Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, pledged the state government’s its support while reacting to the security breach at the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA Kaduna.
He added that Governor Nasir El-Rufai has been briefed of the development, and on behalf of the Government and People of the State, has prayed for the repose of the souls of the personnel who lost their lives.
The Government however, appealed to citizens of the state, to volunteer useful information to the military and security agencies, in the campaign against banditry and kidnapping, in the state and beyond.


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NDA Attack: Military's Resolve To End Criminality Will Not Be Dampened   President Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 25, 2021
In a statement by his special media aide Femi Adesina on Wednesday,
President Buhari noted that the attack, which led to the loss of lives,
came when the military had put insurgents, bandits, kidnappers, and
other criminals on the retreat.
The President added that the heinous action would accelerate the total
uprooting of evil in the polity, which members of the Armed Forces are
solidly resolved to accomplish in the shortest possible time.
He commiserated with the families of those who died during the
incident, asking God to comfort them, and assured them that the
deceased would not die in vain.
Buhari thanked Nigerians who appreciate the military’s efforts and urged
those playing hateful politics with the dastardly act to desist from such.

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NDA Attack: Northern Elders Seek Review Of Entire Security Architecture, Sack Of NSA - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 25, 2021
The group attributed Tuesday’s morning attack by bandits, which left
two military officers dead and one other abducted to failure of Nigeria’s
intelligence network.
The bandits came in a large number in the early hours of Tuesday,
killing two of the officers and kidnapping one, while some others
sustained gunshot injuries.
The organisation, in a statement following the attack, also sought an in-
depth review of the entire security architecture as according to them, the
entire security chiefs must bear the blame.
The group under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and
Development in the statement by its national coordinator, Engr. Zana
Goni, blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for leaving Monguno
behind at the time he replaced service chiefs.
Maintaining that their position was based on patriotism to the country,
the elders insisted that it was time for the President to do away with
Monguno following the worsening insecurity in the country.
The deteriorating security situation, according to the Coalition, is a sign
that Monguno, who manages the nation’s security was not on top of his
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NDA Attack: We Need Action – Ex-Defence Minister - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 27, 2021
Some yet-to-be apprehended gunmen stormed the residential quarters of the NDA, killed two people and abducted a military officer in the attack.
Kayode, in an interview with Newsmen in Akure, said the attack on one of the military’s “most sacred places called for an urgent action to tackle the security challenges facing the country.
The former minister, who described the attack as very unfortunate and embarrassing, said the security issue had become a recurring one and called on the international community to help Nigeria.
He urged the Federal Government and security agencies to rejig their approach to the tackling of security matters.


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NDA Attack: We Need Action – Ex-Defense Minister - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 27, 2021
Some yet-to-be apprehended gunmen stormed the residential quarters of
the NDA, killed two people and abducted a military officer in the attack.
Kayode, in an interview with Newsmen in Akure, said the attack on one
of the military’s “most sacred places called for an urgent action to tackle
the security challenges facing the country.
The former minister, who described the attack as very unfortunate and
embarrassing, said the security issue had become a recurring one and
called on the international community to help Nigeria.
He urged the Federal Government and security agencies to rejig their
approach to the tackling of security matters.


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NDA Pledges Support To Nigerian Museum - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 29, 2020
The Commandant, Nigerian Defence Academy NDA, Major General Jamil Sarham, has pledged to support the National Museum in its activities, especially in promoting the cherished values, culture and customs of the Nigerian people.
Sarham made the remarks when he received the KadunaState Curator, National Museum and Monument, who paid him a courtesy visit inKaduna.
The commandant said NDA will continue to partner withthe national museum, assuring that the military has deep respect for thetraditions and culture of the people.
He said NDA is open to offering any form of supportto the national museum.
In his remarks, the Curator, Muhammad Gimba, saidtheir visit was to deepen existing collaboration with the NDA.
Gimba said the museum as non-profit organization,collect, preserve and exhibit tangible and intangible historical objects tocommunicate, promote and improve the people’s culture.
Gimba also disclosed that NDA has being the mostrenowned partners to national museum Kaduna over the years.

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NDA Seeks NYSC’s Partnership On Staff Training - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 13, 2023
In a press statement signed by the Director, Press and Public Relations of NYSC, Eddy Megwa, the motion was presented to the Director General of NYSC at the Scheme’s National Directorate Headquarters in Maitama, Abuja.
Presenting the motion, the Head, Centre for Study of Leadership and Complex Military Operations of NDA, Ben J. Audu said the training becomes necessary, taking into cognizance evolving challenges in managing human resources at the workplace.
He urged NYSC to buy the idea as its outcome will manifest in improved productivity of the workforce.
Responding, the Director General, Brigadier General YD Ahmed welcomed the proposal, stating that the training is a sure way of enhancing the capacity of staff to carry out their duties more efficiently.


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NDCS: FG Collaborates Stakeholders To Promote Clean, Efficient Cooking Technologies - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 6, 2021
Minister of State for Environment Sharon Ikeazor stated this at the 2021 Nigeria Clean Cooking Forum, organised by the ministry, in Abuja, with the theme: Clean Cooking Energy for All in Nigeria, Achieving the Nationally Determined Contributions”.
She noted that the aim of the forum was to discuss the implementation plans towards achieving the clean cooking targets in the NDCs as well as taking stock of current status of clean cooking activities in the country.
The Minister said the forum was also to review existing policies and practices that relate to clean cooking for the country. According to her, if current policies are allowed to continue; by 2030, 60 per cent or more of all households in Nigeria will still be cooking with traditional biomass.
Sharon however appreciated the support and contribution of the Nigerian Alliance for Clean Cookstoves and International Centre for Energy, Environment and Development, in promoting clean and more efficient cooking technologies.

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NDDC Abandoned Projects: REPS Vow To Drag Contractors Before EFCC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 3, 2019
The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC abandoned projects has vowed to drag defaulting contractors before the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC,  to ensure thorough investigation and prosecution.
Adedeji Olajide, a member of the committee, said this today in Akure., said this today in Akure.
The lawmaker, who spoke after a two-day tour of inspection to NDDC project sites in six local government areas of Ondo state by the committee is representing Ibadan Northwest, Southwest Federal Constituency in the House.
The ad hoccommittee was inaugurated in July to investigate abandoned projects in the ninestates of the NDDC, from 2000 till date.
It is alsocharged with the responsibility of investigating the cost of award, period ofaward, the state of completion and constraints being faced by contractors.
Olajide saidthe committee was also in the state to carry out investigations into on-goingand abandoned projects to see how the committee could mitigate some of therisks and issues concerning the projects.

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NDDC Finance Director Died Of Covid-19 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 3, 2020
The Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission has said its late Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Ibanga Etang, died of COVID-19.
Etang passed away in the early hours of Thursday, May 28, 2020.
In a statement issued by the Director, Corporate Affairs of the NDDC, Charles Odili, the commission said the family had authorised it to announce that the late executive director tested positive to COVID-19.
The Rivers State Ministry of Health had written to the NDDC to also confirm the cause of death.


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NDDC MD: Pondei, Leaves Hospital - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 21, 2020
Prof Pondei who earlier yesterday slumped as the House of Representatives committee on NDDC grilled him is said to have left the hospital where he was taken, about an hour ago.
Pondei was being grilled for over an hour when he slowly slumped over his desk, appearing to have fainted.
Several people present at the hearing rushed to his aid, propping him up and attempting to stabilize him, while the proceeding was halted.
Soon after, Pondei appeared to be in a seizure with a man holding open his mouth as others held him upright.
Afterward, he appeared to regain and lose composure intermittently and had to be moved out of the session.

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NDDC Prob Complementing FG’S Forensic Audit, - Lawan - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 13, 2020
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the probe into the finances of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC by the Senate is to complement the forensic audit ordered by the Federal Government.
Lawan said this while inaugurating a seven-man ad hoc committee on alleged financial recklessness in the Commission.
The investigation, he said, would avail the management of the commission an opportunity to defend the allegations against it.
The Senate president said the NDDC, as a pioneer intervention agency in the country should take the lead on effectiveness and meet the yearnings of the people.
He expressed hope that at the end of the investigation, the NDDC and the Senate would continue to work together to ensure effective service delivery to the people.
Chairman of the committee, Olubunmi Adetumbi, described the allegations that necessitated the setting up of the committee as numerous and weighty as it involved misapplication and misappropriation of 40 billion naira among others.


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NDDC Probe: House Of Reps Panel Chairman, Tunji-Ojo, Steps Down - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 20, 2020
Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Nigerian lawmaker, who is the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, has stepped down from the investigation.
Tunji-Ojo recused himself on Monday as the panel was beginning the continuation of the public hearing on the activities of the commission.
The panel was created to interrogate Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and acting Managing Director of the NDDC, Daniel Pondei, today.
Pondei had on Thursday questioned the credibility of the House Committee, saying Tunji-Ojo was corrupt and had benefited from award of contracts in the commission.


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NDDC Probe:Gbajabiamila Gives Akpabio 48 Hours To Publish Names Of Lawmakers Awarded Contracts - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 21, 2020
Should the minister fail to publish the names, the speaker said the full the House will employ the full wrath to ensure he does so.
The ultimatum comes a day after the minister claimed that most of the contracts awarded by the NDDC were awarded to lawmakers.
During a testy appearance before the House Committee on NDDC on Monday, Senator Akpabio claimed that the lawmakers were “the greatest beneficiaries” of NDDC contracts.
Asked how the lawmakers benefitted, he said, “I just told you that we have records to show that most of the contracts in the NDDC are given out to members of the National Assembly”.
The Speaker who accused Senator Akpabio of pulling the oldest trick in the book with the claims believes the minister owes it the country to publish the names in the interest of transparency.


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NDDCGATE: Minister Names Federal Legislators Involved In Commission’s Contracts - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 27, 2020
The list was part of a letter the Minister sent to the National Assembly and also copied the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami.
Meanwhile, following the alleged failure of the legislators to read that part of the letter, the National Youth Council of Nigeria presented the document to the media in Abuja.
In Akpabio’s letter, Peter Nwaoboshi was involved in 53 projects, while Nicholas Mutu’s name appeared on 74 projects. Others on the list are Mathew Urhoghide; James Manager; Sam Anyanwu and others simply identified as Ondo and Edo Representatives.
The Minister addressed the letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, who had threatened to drag him before the court if he fails to name the lawmakers that had benefited from commission’s contracts. He however, said the two Chairmen of the Committees in both Chambers had adequate knowledge of the contracts.


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NDIC Declares100% Dividend To Pay Depositors Of 20 Liquidated Banks - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 28, 2022
The dividends were in respect of the 49 Deposit Money Banks DMBs in-liquidation.
Hassan made the disclosure at 2022 NDIC workshop, organised for the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria FICAN and Business Editors, in Port Harcourt.
He said that the corporation had realised enough funds from its assets to fully pay all depositors of the listed banks.
The three-day workshop, which was its 19th edition, had “Boosting Depositors Confidence amidst Emerging Issues and Challenges in the Banking System,” as theme.
Hassan noted that the corporation had cumulatively paid ₦11.83 billion to more than 443,949 insured depositors and ₦101.37 billion to uninsured depositors of all categories of banks in-liquidation, as at June.

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NDIC, Reps Pledge More Collaboration On Financial System Stability - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 9, 2022
This is coming on the heels of the 2022 retreat organised by the corporation for the Committee with the theme, Deposit Insurance in Nigeria: Restrategizing for Tomorrow”.
Speaking at the retreat in Lagos, Managing Director NDIC, Bello Hassan, noted that the theme of the retreat is in line with ongoing efforts by the corporation to restrategise and enhance its operations so as to effectively deliver on its deposit protection mandate by ensuring stability of the financial system.
While commending the cooperation and support of the Committee, Hassen added that, the retreat offers an excellent opportunity to share ideas on how to strategize the Corporation to effectively deliver on its Public Policy Objectives as well as its mandates”.
On his part, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Insurance and Actuarial Matters, Darlington Nwokocha, said that the Committee.


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NDIC Wins ITF Best Human Resources Development Employer Award - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 27, 2023
This is contained in a statement by Director, Communication and Public Affairs Department, NDIC Bashir Nuhu in Abuja.
He said the Director General of ITF, Joseph Ari, gave the award to the corporation, saying that the award was conferred on the NDIC for being the most compliant with the ITF Act. And the compliance was through consistent and periodic remittance of the statutory one per cent of its total staff cost as stipulated by the ITF’s Act.
Ari appreciated the commitment of the NDIC saying that it was worthy of emulation by other government agencies.


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Ndidi, Chukwueze, Iwobi Ranked Nigeria’s Best Three In Europe - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 6, 2019
ThreeSuper Eagles stars have been ranked the best three Nigerian football players inEurope over the last six months by the CIES Football Observatory.
TheSwitzerland-based football research group valued players in Europe’s top fiveleagues on a match-by-match basis, by taking into account the pitch productionand proficiency at both individual and collective level.
LeicesterCity’s Wilfred Ndidi, Villarreal’s Samuel Chukwueze and Arsenal’s Alex Iwobiwere the highest-ranked Nigerian players.
Thethree players were key members of the Super Eagles squad that finished third atthe 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and with the exception of Chukwueze, they wereutilized in every single game.

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Ndidi Should Move To Juventus - Amokachi - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 13, 2020
A Former Everton striker Daniel Amokachi has advised Wilfred Ndidi to leave Leicester City for Juventus, insisting he is a bigger draw than the Premier League club.
The Nigeria international has been a consistent performer for the King Power Stadium outfit since joining the side from Genk in 2017.
Read This: Coronavirus: Eight Super Eagles Players Under Watch In Spain, Uk
Ndidi has featured in 111 Premier League games in his three-year stay with the Foxes, delivering solid defensive performances throughout.
The 23-year-old, who is regarded as one of the best defensive midfielders in the English top-flight, has featured in 29 games this season before the outbreak of coronavirus.
His fine form has continued to generate interest from a number of European clubs including Arsenal and Manchester United and lately Juventus.


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NDLEA Arrests 214 Suspects For Drug-Related Offences In Gombe - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 8, 2023
NDLEA operatives also seized 93.95 kilograms of cannabis sativa, 257.5 kilograms of psychotropic substance and methamphetamine from the suspects within the period under review.
The Agency’s State Deputy Commander on Narcotics, Bello Mumini, made this known at a programme organised by the Association of Professional Counsellors, APROCON, in Nigeria on Monday on a paper he presented titled, Drug Abuse Situation in Gombe State.
He explained that the 214 suspects included 200 males and 14 females, adding that of the 214 arrests, 30 convictions had been secured, while 137 of them had been charged to court.
Mumini  also decried that drug and substance abuse in the State cut across gender, age and social status, lamenting that many women had been found abusing drugs.
On her part, the chairperson of APROCON, Habiba Isah, lamented that drug abuse had become one menace that should worry all stakeholders given its negative effects on the youth.

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NDLEA Arrests 65 Suspects, Seizes 4582.57kg Of Narcotics In Edo State - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 8, 2019
The EdoState Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA says itapprehended sixty five suspected drug traffickers and seized over four thousandfive hundred kilograms of drugs.
The StateAgency’s Commander, Buba Wakawa said in Benin that the arrests and seizureswere made between July and September 2019.
He addedthat those arrested included thirty nine males and twenty six females.
Wakawaexplained that substance suspected to be Cannabis with a total weight of fourthousand five hundred kilograms accounted for the bulk of the seizures whileone kilogram of psychotropic substance was also seized.
TheCommander said that within the period under review, the command discovered anddestroyed eleven farmlands measuring five hectares on which cannabis sativa wasbeing cultivated.

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NDLEA Arrests 9 Suspects With Illicit Drugs In Kaduna - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 18, 2022
The state Commander, Umar Adoro, told the Newsmen in Kaduna that the suspects were arrested in different locations in the state between 6th October and 16 October.
Adoro said one of the suspects was arrested in Television area of Kaduna in possession of Indian hemp weighing 26kg, while another suspect was nabbed in Zaria with 15.5kg Indian hemp, while other suspects were arrested in Kakau, Gonin gora, Tashar Yari, and two from Jos in Plateau.
He said that Methamphetamine which weighed 192.2grms and N300, 000 fake Naira notes were also recovered from two of the suspects, noting a suspect was also apprehended on 16 October with 919 tablets of Tramadol weighing 400grams, 5,000 tablets of Diazepam weighing 900grams and 25,000 tablets of Exol-5 weighing 8.2kg.

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NDLEA Arrests Suspected Supplier Of Marijuana To Insurgents, 20 Others - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 12, 2019
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency,NDLEA has arrested 21 suspected drug dealers in Taraba State.
Read This: NDLEA Warn Farmers Against Inducing Labourers With Hard Drugs
The suspects, including one personaccused of supplying drugs to Boko Haram insurgents, were paraded on Thursday atthe NDLEA office in Jalingo, the state capital.
The state commander of the agency,Suleiman Jadi, disclosed that officials seized about 299.6 kilograms of drugswithin four months of operation.
The NDLEA state commander saidMohammed Ibrahim – the suspect said to be a major supplier of drugs to BokoHaram – was nabbed with 153 compressed blocks of Cannabis Sativa, also known asMarijuana.
He stressed that unemployment andpeer group influence were the major reasons why youth indulge in drug abuse.
Jadi, who noted that they were facedwith various challenges as a unit, said nine of the suspects have been chargedto court.

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NDLEA Arrests Two Ghanaians, 11 Others For Drug Trafficking - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 26, 2023
Director, Media and Advocacy, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, who confirmed the development in a statement, in Abuja. He added that the agency’s operatives intercepted two imported consignments of a strong strain of cannabis known as loud, with a combined weight of 5,344.1 kilograms in the Lekki area of Lagos State.
He also said based on credible intelligence, the Agency’s operatives ambushed a white truck conveying 50 jumbo bags of the illicit substance weighing 2,434 kilograms along the Epe-Lekki Expressway.
Babafemi explained that the driver jumped out of the vehicle and escaped in a security van escorting the truck conveying the drug exhibits, adding that the anti-narcotics officers demobilised the truck.


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NDLEA Busts Syndicate, Seizes Illicit Drugs In Lagos, Adamawa, Others - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 10, 2023
During the operation, four members of a notorious drug syndicate were apprehended, including two church officials, a female staff member of a courier company, and another woman. Their illicit activities primarily involved the trafficking of the highly dangerous opioid, fentanyl, in Delta state.
Director of Media Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who made this known in a statement, said four members of a drug syndicate including two church officials; female staff of a courier company and another lady, involved in trafficking lethal opioid, fentanyl in Delta, were arrested.


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NDLEA Cautions Medicine Vendors Against Controlled Drugs - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 3, 2023
Mamuda gave the advice during a workshop organised by NDLEA in collaboration with NAPPMED at Obiakpor Local Government Area in Port Harcourt.
Mamuda said the workshop was part of the efforts to achieve the mandate of the agency through a programme code-named War Against Drug Abuse WADA.
The workshop had as its theme: “The Role of NAPPMED in Curbing the Menace of Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking”
He reminded the participants about the legal implications of dealing on illegal drugs, consequences of substance abuse; and their roles and social responsibility to the society in that regard.

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NDLEA Chairman Calls For Stakeholders Collaboration In Fight Against Drug Abuse - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 2, 2021
Marwa made the call during an interactive session with the media in Kano.
He said he was in Kano to strengthen the synergy and collaboration between various stakeholders to win the fight against drug menace.
Marwa said he had met and discussed the way forward with the governor, traditional rulers, religious leaders, heads of tertiary institutions, security agents, transport unions, people in Kannywood and the elders’ forum.
Marwa said he was impressed with the assurance made by the stakeholders to intensify collaboration with the agency in that direction.
He, therefore, urged the media to continue to work hard in enlightening people on the dangers associated with drugs abuse.
Marwa also called on state governments and Non-Governmental Organisations NGOs to construct more drug treatment centers in their respective states for the treatment of drug addicts.

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NDLEA Chief Advocates Integrity Drug Integrity Test For Politicians, Students, Others - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 18, 2021
Marwa said in New York that idea behind the call for the test “is to reduce the prevalence of drug abuse” in the country.
He recommended the same integrity test for students seeking admission into higher institutions and those returning from vacation as well as intending couples.
The NDLEA chief said conducting drug tests on intending couples would help detect the problem at an early stage just as the agency had consistently advocated.

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NDLEA Destroys 23,721.7948kg Of Illicit Drugs In Enugu - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 25, 2023
Setting the drugs ablaze, Chairman of the NDLEA, Mohammed Marwa, gave the breakdown as follows: Cocaine 21.699 kilogrammes, Heroin 14.828 kilogrammes, Amphetamine 0.0618 kilogrammes, Methamphetamine 24.347 kilogrammes, precursor chemicals 154.0 kilogrammes, cannabis sativa 23,225.1 kilogrammes and pharmaceutical 281.759 kilogrammes.
Marwa, represented by the Director of General Investigation, NDLEA, Abuja, Samuel Gadzamal, commended the support from the state Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to the ongoing efforts to curb the abuse and trafficking of illicit drugs in the communities and society at large.
He also appreciated the international counterparts such as the United States DEA, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the UK board force, the German Police and others for the success story of the Agency.
The chairman, however, called on all Nigerians to team up with government in fighting the war against drug abuse and illicit trafficking.


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NDLEA Intercepts Fake $4.7m Cash In Abuja - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 21, 2022
Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, in a statement said the agency’s operatives intercepted the fake money in the early hours of Friday 18th February at Abaji area of the Federal Capital Territory.
He added that it was a consignment sent from Lagos to the Federal Capital Territory, FCT and a controlled delivery of the parceled counterfeit US dollars totalling 4.76 million led to the arrest of a principal suspect, 52-year-old Abdulmumini Maikasuwa.
The agency’s Spokesman also said that in Kwara State, barely three weeks after a nursing mother, Rashidat Adebayo, 38, was granted administrative bail following her arrest for dealing in illicit drugs, operatives have again arrested her in Offa with assorted drugs such as Tramadol, Swinol, Diazepam and Pentazocine injection ampules. He explained that NDLEA officers also arrested two drug dealers: Sani Isa (aka Bilaz) and Bala Yerima in Hong, Adamawa state with 239 blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 209kg, while operatives of the Bauchi state Command intercepted a truck coming from Lagos to Maiduguri, at Azare, Bauchi state

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NDLEA Nabs Male Passenger Carrying 4,000 Tramadol Pills In Lagos - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 29, 2024
Director, Media and Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi in a statement in Abuja, said NDLEA officers at the gate ‘C ‘departure hall of the Lagos airport on Friday foiled the suspect’s attempt to export the pills to Malpensa, Italy on an Ethiopian Airline flight.
He added that the psychoactive substance was found concealed in women wears and granulated melon packed in the suspect’s backpack and another bag containing food items.
Meanwhile, operatives of the agency on arrested 28-year-old woman in Amarata area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa state.
Babafemi said that she was arrested for producing and distributing cakes laced with illicit drugs especially cannabis sativa. According to him, at the time of her arrest, substantial number of the drugged cakes weighing 1.5 kilograms was recovered from her.


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NDLEA Operatives Arrest 25 Drug Suspects In Abuja. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 15, 2023
Spokesman for the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi, in an issued statement, explained that New Kuchingoro Internally-Displaced Persons, IDPs camp located in the FCT is one of the places where the suspects were arrested.
Babafemi also said another bid to smuggle into Lagos a consignment of 24 kilograms of cannabis, concealed in imported used cars from Canada, was again frustrated by NDLEA
operatives, who seized the illicit substance during a joint examination of a container at the Prime Connection Bonded terminal, off Oshodi-Apapa expressway.
According to the spokesman, two clearing agents linked with the container, G.O. Njokwu and Christopher Obialor, have been arrested, in collaboration with men of the Nigerian Customs Service.


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NDLEA Operatives Arrest 25 Drug Suspects In Abuja - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 15, 2023
Spokesman for the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi, in an issued statement, explained that New Kuchingoro Internally-Displaced Persons, IDPs camp located in the FCT is one of the places where the suspects were arrested.
Babafemi also said another bid to smuggle into Lagos a consignment of 24 kilograms of cannabis, concealed in imported used cars from Canada, was again frustrated by NDLEA operatives, who seized the illicit substance during a joint examination of a container at the Prime Connection Bonded terminal, off Oshodi-Apapa expressway.
According to the spokesman, two clearing agents linked with the container, G.O. Njokwu and Christopher Obialor, have been arrested, in collaboration with men of the Nigerian Customs Service.


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NDLEA Poised To Increase Risk Of Drug Trafficking In Nigeria, Says Marwa - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 10, 2021
Marwa gave the assurance in Abuja during the handing over ceremony of a provisional detention facility equipped by the United Kingdom UK Border Force to the NDLEA.
This was contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi in Abuja.
Marwa who was represented by the agency Secretary, Shadrach Haruna noted that the drug war was daily receiving a boost especially with the recent launch of the National Drug Control Master Plan.
This, he said, was funded by the European Union EU under the supervision of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNODC.
According to him, the resources committed to the project clearly demonstrates the commitment of the UK to fostering international cooperation to fight the enduring problem of drug trafficking in Nigeria.

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NDLEA Rejects Calls For Legalisation Of Cannabis Consumption - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 19, 2021
The Chairman and Chief Executive of the agency Buba Marwa, said this at an interactive session with heads of security agencies, Non-Governmental Organisations NGOs and heads of government agencies in Jos, Plateau state.
The event also had in attendance traders associations, youths and women groups, among other key stakeholders.
Marwa said that legalising cannabis would truncate its ongoing fight against drug abuse, adding that such move would also take the country back to its dark days.
He disclosed that 10.6 Nigerians were currently consuming cannabis, adding that legalising it would further destroy the country.
The NDLEA boss promised that agency would continue to sustain the fight against drug abuse in the society, insisting that a drug free society was possible.

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NDLEA Secures Conviction For 35 Drug Dealers In Akwa Ibom - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 30, 2021
The state NDLEA Commander, Obot Bassey, said this when she spoke with newsmen today in Uyo.
Bassey said that the 353 suspects were made up of 307 males and 46 females.
She said that apart from the 35 convictions secured, several cases were still pending and undergoing prosecution at different stages in court.
The commander added that a total of 602.307 kilogram of drug were siezed during the period, which included; Cannabis sativa, Cocaine, Heroin and other psychotropic substances.
She said that efforts must be prioritised to create awareness on the devastating consequences of drug abuse and illicit trafficking on youths and the society.

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NDLEA Warn Farmers Against Inducing Labourers With Hard Drugs - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 16, 2019
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has warned farmers in Gombe State against inducing labourers with hard drugs to work for them.
Read This: Minimum Wage: Labour Not Responsible For Implementation Delay
The NDLEA Commandant in the state,Aliyu Adole, gave the warning in an interview on Friday.
He noted that investigation revealsthat some farmers were in the habit of adulterating milk and pudding with drugsbefore giving them to labourers employed to work in their farms, to enable themwork tirelessly.
He said that most of their victimswere youths between the ages of 15 and 30 irrespective of gender.
He said that research in the statehad shown that youths, male and female, were the major victims of drug abuse.
According to him, further findingsindicate that the impact of drug abuse on academic activities impede with thephysiological, psychological and emotional functions of the students.
The commandant said that the effectof drugs could impair the memory and affects other intellectual faculties.


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NDLEA Warns Hajj Pilgrims Against Drug Trafficking - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 4, 2019
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA,Gombe state, on Thursday warned intending Muslim pilgrims not to smuggle drugsto the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The state NDLEA Commander, Aliyu Adole, gave thewarning in an interview in Gombe.
According to him, taking drugs to Saudi Arabia attracts death sentence, hence the need to appeal to pilgrims to avoid such acts.
Read Related News: Saudi Simplifies Visa For Nigerian Hajj Pilgrims
Adole also warned them not to carry any person’s bagand messages to someone without knowing the content of the message.
According to him, people may package drugs and evencocaine by putting them in an envelope or bag to help them carry it tosomebody.
He said screening is going to be conducted at theairport and anybody caught in that act would be banned from performing thetrip.
Adole also advised pilgrims to abide by theinstructions of the officials by joining queues to be properly screened beforeboarding their flights.


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NEC: Buhari Inaugurates Council, Asks Them To Focus On Economic Development - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 20, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari hasinaugurated the National Economic Council at the Presidential Villa in Abuja onThursday.
He charged the council in hisinaugural address, to focus on security, agriculture, health, and economicdevelopment.
President Buhari asked Governors torally the Local Government Chairmen in their states, to work towards improvingeducation, and ensure that the next four years should focus on improvingInternally Generated Revenue, Value Added Tax, and Agricultural Output.
In attendance were the VicePresident, Yemi Osinbajo, state Governors and their deputies.
Others present include, Secretary to the Government ofthe Federation, Boss Mustapha, National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno,Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, and CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele.


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NEC: NUJ Suspends Immediate Past President, 3 Others - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 1, 2019
The National Executive Council, NEC of the Nigeria Union ofJournalists, NUJ has suspended its immediate-past National President,Abdulwaheed Odusile and three others for anti-union activities.
The decision was taken at the quarterly national executivecouncil meeting of the union, which was presided over by the National Presidentof the union, Chris Isiguzo with state council chairmen and secretaries as wellas zonal and national executive members in attendance.
Others suspended along with Odusile are Petrus Obi, ChibotaEdozie and Ngozi Agbo.
The decision of the union to suspension the affected membersalso followed the flouting of the union’s constitution, by going to court overa union matter without following due process.
The union also set up a three-man committee, led by theChairman of Yobe council, Yusuf Isah to resolve crisis currently rocking theSports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN, an affiliate of the union.

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NEC: Osinbajo Presides Over Valedictory Meeting - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 23, 2019
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday presidedover the National Economic Council  meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The meeting is the last before the May 29presidential inauguration.
Osinbajo is the head of Nigeria’s EconomicManagement team.
The NEC meeting, which comes up monthly, deliberateson the coordination of the economic planning efforts or economic programmes ofvarious levels of government.
The council comprises the 36 state governors, the governorof the Central Bank of Nigeria and other government officials, whose dutiesinfluence the economy.


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NECA Urges FG To Institutionalise Wage Policy Machinery - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 13, 2023
Director-General, Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, made the call in a statement in Lagos, noting  that a realistic wage policy, whether minimum or living wage should be fundamentally based on sustainable enterprises, productivity and economic development.
He also stressed that the current National Minimum Wage of 30,000 naira came into effect in 2019 after a structured negotiation by the Committee.
Oyerinde said the committee, comprised of NECA, Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, and government, in line with the International Labour Organisation Convention 131 – the Minimum Wage Fixing Convention.
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NECA Urges FG To Reverse Proposed Tariff Increases For Manufacturing. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 15, 2023
Director-General, Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, Adewale-Smart Oyerinde, who made the call in a statement in Lagos, also advocates the reversal of the 2023 Fiscal Policy Measures, FPM.  He also advised the Government to revert to the 2022 FPM roadmap designed to lapse in 2024.
The newly-introduced FPM and tariff increase were not only worrisome, but also landmines for businesses in the affected sectors.
The Director-General stressed that the proposed increases, if implemented, could aggravate smuggling and stifle growth of businesses in affected sectors.
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed confirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of the 2023 FPM on May 12.


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Neca Urges FG To Reverse Proposed Tariff Increases For Manufacturing - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 15, 2023
Director-General, Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, Adewale-Smart Oyerinde, who made the call in a statement in Lagos, also advocates the reversal of the 2023 Fiscal Policy Measures, FPM.  He also advised the Government to revert to the 2022 FPM roadmap designed to lapse in 2024.
The newly-introduced FPM and tariff increase were not only worrisome, but also landmines for businesses in the affected sectors.
The Director-General stressed that the proposed increases, if implemented, could aggravate smuggling and stifle growth of businesses in affected sectors.
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed confirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of the 2023 FPM on May 12.


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NECO Extends 2022 Registration For Internal SSCE - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 30, 2022
The extension was announced by the Head, Information and Public Relations Division of the council, Azeez Sani and made available to Newsmen in Abuja.
Sani said the registration period was initially scheduled to close Monday 30 May 2022.


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NEDC Pledges To Contain Floods In North-East - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 27, 2022
The Chief Executive Officer of NEDC, Mohammad Alkali, gave the assurance in Bauchi when he led officials from the commission on a condolence visit to Governor Bala Mohammed over the recent flood incidents in the state.
The commission was also in Bauchi to distribute food and non-food items to victims of flood and the Internally Displaced Persons IDPs in the state.
Alkali, who is also the Managing Director of the commission, said that NEDC had been proactive in its activities.
He said that the commission, during the World Humanitarian Day celebration in Maiduguri on August 19, donated food and non-food items to the six north eastern states.
He said this was possible with the Federal Government’s intervention through the Presidential Committee on Repatriation, Return and Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons of the commission.
Responding, Governor Mohammed appreciated the Federal Government’s show of concern and sympathy to the region through the NEDC and the Humanitarian Ministry.

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Negotiating With Boko Haram And Save Nigeria A Huge Sum Spent Annually - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 26, 2021
The Federal Government was advised by a former diplomat to negotiate a settlement option to save Nigeria about N1.2 trillion being spent annually to defeat Boko Haram. Foreign policy expert, Dr Nnamdi Onochie, gave the advice on Monday in Abuja while speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on the sudden death of President Idris Deby of Chad.
Mr Deby, a key ally of France in the fight against jihadists in the Maghreb pronounced dead in a battle of the southern Chad on April 19, throwing his nation into fresh political imbalance.
He argued that Deby’s death and the unfolding succession crisis in Chad would broaden issues for Nigeria in its aim to crush Boko Haram insurgents. Nigeria has been fighting Boko Haram since 2009 which has claimed thousands of lives and displaced millions in the war structure of the north east, he also added that he was in support that Nigeria should negotiate an end to the activities of Boko Haram in the areas where the insurgency is active.
In addition, former Nigerian Ambassador to Algeria said that he was familiar with the politics of Chad, having met the country’s former president, Hissan Habre and having also been following Deby’s activities. Chad, which gained independence from France in 1960 has known no peace for years, making the country one of the poorest in the world.
According to Dr Nnamdi Onochie, Nigeria should leave the intricate ethnic politics in Chad for leaders of that country to sort out, instead of getting involved in the complex politics of the impoverished countryand focus in its ongoing war with Boko Haram to stop the endless bleeding of Nigeria’s economy


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NEMA Calls For Special Intervention For Disaster Management￼ - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 8, 2022
Director-General, NEMA, Ahmed Habib, said this when he appeared before Senate Committee on Special Duties for 2023 budget defence in Abuja.
He said the agency with the support from stakeholders are doing a lot to support affected states and Nigerians who were victims of natural disasters.
Habib said that NEMA was over stretched, given the magnitude of natural disasters in the country and its limited manpower.
According to him, the ecological fund that NEMA was receiving, states and local governments can’t handle the magnitude of disaster.

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NEMA Distributes Relief Materials To 510 Victims Of Windstorm In Imo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 18, 2021
Acting Head of Imo and Abia operations office of the Agency, Ifeanyi Nnaji said at the inauguration of the exercise that the gesture was in fulfilment of its promise to the victims during an asseessment visit of the disaster.
He said the affected communities that benefited from the relief distribution were: Obinze, Oforola and Olaukwu.
He said the items distributed to the victims included: 53 bags of 10kg rice, 53 bags of 10kg beans, 53 bags of 10kg gari, as well as three bags of salt.
Nnaji said the other items were: 106 pieces of mattresses, 159 bags of cement, 25 bags of nail, as well as 101 bundles of roofing sheets.


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NEMA Donates To Flood Victims In 4 Kano State LGAs - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 22, 2022
The Director-General NEMA, Mustapha Ahmed-Habib, who made the disclosure while presenting the relief materials in Kano, said that the Kantin Kwari Market would also benefit from the donation.
The benefitting Local government areass are Kiru, Albasu, Ajingi and Dawakin Kudu.
According to Ahmed-Habib, the items distributed included 4,200 10 kilograms bags of rice, 4,200 bags of beans, 4,200 bags of maize, 700 kegs of 20 litres of vegetable oil, 350 cartons of seasoning cube and 100 cartons of tomato paste.
Other items were 2,100 bags of cement, 1,600 bundles of roofing sheets, 300 bags of 25 kilograms, 3 inch roofing nails, 600 packets of zinc nails, 800 pieces of ceiling boards, 1,000 pieces of mosquito nets, 1,000 pieces of guinea brocade and 1,000 pieces of wax prints.
On his part the Kano state Governor Abdullahi Ganduje praised NEMA for providing the state with the relief materials, adding that they would go a long way to better the victims sufferings.

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NEMA, NAF To Collaborate On Emergency Management - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 30, 2022
The agency made the commitment in Lagos during a courtesy visit to NEMA by the Air Officer Commanding, NAF Logistic Command, Lagos Air Vice Marshal Emmanuel Shobande.
Shobande said that he came with his team to NEMA to foster a partnership with people of similar work interests.
According to Shobande, NAF and NEMA have a tradition of collaborating and working together for same goal as far as emergency and disaster management is concerned.
In his response, Zonal Coordinator Ibrahim Farinloye, South West, NEMA, said that NAF and the agency were partners in progress.
He said that before the birth of NEMA, the National Emergency Relief Agency NERA was charged with disaster and emergency management.
Farinloye stated that the survival of NERA was basically fostered by the activities and the active involvement of NAF.


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NEMA Receives 153 Nigerians From Libya - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 29, 2019
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA hasreceived another batch of 153 stranded Nigerians from Libya.
The Director-General of the agency, MustaphaMaihajja, represented by an official of the agency, Slaku Lugard, received thereturnees today in Lagos.
Maihaja said that the Nigerians arrived at the CargoWing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
He said that the Nigerians were brought by theInternational Organisation for Migration, IOM and European Union on theplatform of the Assisted Voluntary Returnees, AVR Programme.
Maihaja added that the returnees comprised fiftynine female adults, four female children and seven female infants as well asseventy eight adult males, three male children and two male infants.


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NEMA Receives 158 Nigerian Returnees From Libya - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 25, 2021
The Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, said in Lagos that the returnees who had been stranded in Libya, departed Mitiga International Airport, Tripoli, aboard a chartered Buraq Aircraft Boeing 737.
He said that they arrived Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 5. 47pm.
Farinloye said that the returnees were received at the Cargo Wing of the Airport.
Farinloye said the returnees comprised male and female adults, children and infants, while there were three medical cases.
Farinloye said that the Port Health Unit of the Federal Ministry of Health, National Commission for Resilience, Migration and IDPs and the Nigerian Immigration Services are part of the government agencies that received the returnees at the airport.

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NEMA Receives 159 Stranded Nigerians From Libya - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 24, 2022
Director-General of NEMA, Habib Mustapha, represented by the Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of the Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development in Lagos.
Farinloye said that the stranded Nigerians arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 7:10pm.
He said that the returnees were brought back to the country by the International Organisation for Migration IOM through a voluntary repatriation programme for the distressed who had left the country to seek greener pastures in various European countries but could not afford to return when their journey became frustrated.
He said that on arrival, the director general admonished Nigerians to adopt positive attitude towards life challenges. Farinloye said that the returnees are 67 male adults, 80 female adults, six male and four female children, with two infants

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NEMA Receives 162 Stranded Nigerians From Libya - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 16, 2022
The Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of the Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development to newsmen in Lagos.
Farinloye said  the stranded Nigerians arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 4.56pm with Boeing 737 Al Buraq Air.
He said the returnees were brought back to the country by the International Organisation for Migration IOM through a voluntary repatriation programme for the distressed who had left the country to seek greener pastures in various European countries but could not afford to return when their journey became frustrated.
Farinloye said the returnees were 96 male adults, 41 female adults, nine male and five female children, six female infants and five male infants, including three adult male with minor medical issues.


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NEMA Receives Another Batch Of 116 Nigerians From Libya - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 27, 2020
The NationalEmergency Management Agency NEMA says it has received another batch of 116Nigerians, who volunteered to be repatriated back to Nigeria from Libya.
The ActingCoordinator, Lagos Territorial Office, NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, received thereturnees on behalf of the Director-General of the agency, Mustapha Maihajja.
Farinloyesaid that the Nigerians arrived the Cargo Wing of the Murtala MuhammedInternational Airport MMIA, Lagos, late hour on Wednesday night.
He said thatthe returnees were brought by the International Organisation for Migration IOMand European Union on the platform of the Assisted Voluntary Returnees AVRProgramme.
Farinloyesaid after profiling, the returnees comprised 48 female adults, two femalechildren, five female infants as well as 53 male adults, five male children andthree male infants.

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NEMA Receives158 Stranded Nigerians From Libya - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 20, 2022
The Director-General of the Agency, Mustapha Habib, confirmed the development to the newsmen in Lagos.
Habib said that the returnees were received through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
Habib, represented by the Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, said that the returnees arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport with Al Buraq Air boeing 737-800.
The director-general said that the returnees were made of 83 male adults, 49 female adults, six male and seven female children, with 13 infants.


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NEMA Recieves 137 Stranded Nigerians From Libya - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 25, 2022
The agency confirmed this in a statement today in Lagos.
NEMA said the returnees who arrived at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Cargo Wing, Ikeja included 80 males, 52 females and three infants.
Director-General, NEMA, Mustapha Ahmed, who officially received the returnees on behalf of the Federal Government, advised them to learn from their experiences and be law abiding citizens.
Ahmed, was represented by Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office of the Agency. Ibrahim Farinloye.
Almost 3,000 Nigerians have been evacuated from Libya since January.
NEMA also received 542 stranded Nigerians from the United Arab Emirates UAE.

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NEMA Resumes Air Ambulance Service - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 16, 2022
The agency said this in a statement signed by the Head, Press Unit, NEMA, Manzo Ezekiel, in Abuja.
He stated that an official inaugural return flight was held, with Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Farouq, and the Director-General of the agency conveyed from Abuja to Dutse on an official engagement.
He said that NEMA introduced its first air ambulance for emergency healthcare in 2014.
He added that the aeroplane, which was launched at the Trauma Centre, National Hospital, Abuja, was for quick transportation of patients with emergency cases.


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NEMA Urges Jigawa GOVT To Set Aside Funds For Swift Response To Disasters - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 28, 2022
Habib made the appeal when he visited Governor Muhammad Badaru in Dutse.
He said that the funds will assist SEMA and LEMCs to render swift intervention and response.
The Director General lauded the State Government for being the first to take disaster risk management to the grassroots by establishing LEMCs across the 27 Local Government Areas.
Habib was in the state to hand over additional food and non-food items to Jigawa Government for onward distribution to flood victims in the state.
Receiving the items, the Governor said over 200,000 people were affected by the disaster, among which 76,000 were displaced, while 124 others lost their lives.

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Neman Hakki: Da Alamun PDP Za Ta Kalubalanci Nasarar Buhari A Kotu - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
February 27, 2019
Rahotannina cewa, tuni dan takarar jam’iyyar PDP Atiku Abubakar ya fara shirin taramanyan Lauyoyin da za su tsaya masa a kotu domin kalubalantar sakamakon zaben shekarata 2019.
Haryanzu dai jam’iyyar PDP ba ta yi na’am da sakamakon zaben shugaban kasa dahukumar zabe ta kasa ta bayyana ba.
Dagacikin Lauyoyin da ake sa ran Atiku Abubakar zai dauka akwai tsohon Ministanshari’a Kanu Agabi da Joe Gadzama da Chris Uche domin zuwa kotu.
Anadai gab da kammala tattara sakamakon zaben ne, jam’iyyar PDP ta kira taron gaugawabisa jagorancin Sanata Bukola Saraki a Abuja.
Jam’iyyar PDP ta nuna cewa an yi coge a zaben, inda ta nemi hukumar zabe ta dakatar da tattara sakamakon kuri’un domin akwai zaben jihohin da ba ta yarda da su ba.

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Neman Ilimi: Jamia’ar Karatu Daga Gida Za Ta Yaye Dalibai 20,799 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 21, 2019
Jami’arKaratu daga Gida wato NOUN a takaice, za ta gudanar da bikin yaye dalibai akalladubu 20 da 799.
Atarihin yaye dalibai a jami’a dai, wannan ne karo na farko da wata jami’a afadin Afrika ta yamma za ta yaye dalibai masu yawa kamar haka.
Daya ke tattaunawa da manema labarai, Shugaban Jami’ar, Farfesa Abdalla Adamu, yace daga cikin wadanda za a yaye akwai dalibai 103 da su ka samu takardarshaidar kammala digiri mai daraja ta daya.
Wannandai shi ne karo na takwas da jami’ar za ta yaye dalibai, wanda za a gudanar aranar Asabar, 23 Ga Maris, a harabar helkwatar jami’ar da ke Abuja.
Farfesanya ci gaba da cewa, jami’ar ta kara samun gagarumin tagomashi a ranar 7 Ga watanDisamba na shekara ta 2018, ranar da Shugaba Muhammadu Buhari ya sa hannu a kanDokar da Aka Yi Wa Garambawul ta jami’ar.
Ya ce wannan garambawul da aka yi wa dokar zai ba dalibai damar tafiya aikin bautar kasa, kuma wadanda su ka karanci fannin shari’a za su rika samun damar wucewa Makarantar Koyon Aikin Shari’a da Lauya ta Kasa.


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Neman Mafita: Yari Ya Gana Da Shugaba Buhari A Kan Hare-Haren Jihar Zamfara - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
March 20, 2019
Gwamnanjihar Zamfara Abdul-Aziz Yari, ya ziyarci fadar shugaban kasa domin ganawa dashugaba Muhammadu Buhari a kan matsalar tsaro da ta addabi jihar Zamfara.
Jimkadan bayan ganawar, gwamna Yari ya shaida wa manema labarai cewa, ya kai waBuhari korafi ne a kan yadda ‘yan bindiga ke ci-gaba da addabar al’ummar sa.
Abdul-AzizYari, ya ce babu sauran maganar sulhu tsakanin gwamnati da ‘yan bindiga a jiharZamfara, domin sau uku ya na neman sulhu da su, amma hakan bai haihar da da maiido ba.
Yace a zaman su na farko sun gayyaci Sojoji, da jami’an tsaro na DSS, da ‘Yansanda,da wasu Sarakunan gargajiya, kuma sun ga irin makaman da su ke amfani da su, wadandahatta jami’an tsaron da ke Zamfara ba su da irin su.
Gwamnan ya cigaba da cewa, a wuri daya kacal sun samu bindigogi samfurin AK 47 sama da 500, yayin da a jihar Zamfara ba su da guda 90, don haka da su ka yi masu tayin sulhu amma su ka ki amincewa.


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Nepali Experts Laud China’s Efforts To Preserve Ecology - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 12, 2021
He said even though China’s advancement in material development in the last four decades has resulted in environmental problems to some extent.
The country has also made great strides in the preservation of ecology, biodiversity, and wildlife, the experts noted.
He spoke of China’s heavy investments in Tibet and Xinjiang in efforts to restore the ecological systems in the two autonomous regions and also lauded the growing populations of giant pandas which were once on the verge of extinction as well as the Asian elephants in China.
Days ago, China issued its first white paper on biodiversity, detailing how the world’s most biodiverse country has endeavored to protect its ecosystems in pursuit of harmony between humans and nature.
According to the white paper, the population of giant pandas in the wild has grown from 1,114 to 1,864 over the past four decades, while the Asian elephant population in the wild has risen from 180 in the 1980s to about 300 at present.

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NEPC Targets $30bn Revenue Annually From Non-Oil Exports - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 22, 2022
NEPC Trade Promotion Advisor Bello Noma stated this when he led his colleagues on a sensitisation visit to Jos.
Noma said that Nigeria is blessed with abundant non-oil resources in each state of the federation waiting to be harnessed.
The trade promotion advisor said that the NEPC under the leadership Ezra Yakusak had develop a policy plan to boost the non-oil sector.
He added that the plan was to ensure that in an event that the price of crude oil crashed, the country would have shock absorbers.

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NERC Confirms Removal Of Subsidy, Says Tariff To Be Reviewed Every Six Months - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 18, 2022
Addressing a news conference in Abuja, the Chairman of the
Commission, Sanusi Garba, said the review was conducted in line with
multi-year tariff order that mandates that electricity tariff be reviewed
every six months.
NERC’s confirmation comes as the nation continues to confront an
energy crisis amid petrol queues, rising diesel costs and national grid
collapses.
NERC’s Chairman said it is the duty of electricity distribution
companies to inform their customers of tariff review outcomes and cost
of power.
He blamed the poor state of electricity supply and grid collapses on
vandalism of gas pipelines to power plants, plants maintenance and a
trip on the 330KV line from Ughelli power plant.


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NERC Did Not Direct De-Commissioning Of Metres By DisCos - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 25, 2020
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC says ithas not directed the de-commissioning of metres by the Electricity DistributionCompanies of Nigeria, DisCos.
NERC’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Usman Abba-Arabi,who made this known in a statement in Abuja, said the commission did not alsodirect payment of outstanding bills as a pre-condition for acquiring metersunder the Meter Assessment Programme, MAP.
He noted that the attention of NERC has been drawn to theon-going practice of some DisCos forcing customers to invest in the replacementof distribution infrastructure.
The General Manager said customers are requested to reportany DisCo that has engaged in the practice of forcing customers to supplymaterials or installation as a pre-condition for providing or restoringelectricity supply.

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NERC Proposes 3 Ways To Improve Power Supply - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 16, 2019
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC has proposed three ways to improve power supply and reduce power outages in the country.
The Commission’s Vice Chairman, Sanusi Garba stated this at a public consultation programme with Electricity consumers in Kaduna State, with the theme: “Capping of Estimated Billing, Distribution Franchising and Competitive Transition Charge”.
Read Related News:  NSE Urges FG To Increase Tariff, Fix Infrastructure
Garba said that the event was aimed at interfacing withrelevant stakeholders, adding that the three methods outlined in the theme ofthe event remains the lasting solutions to the power problem facing thecountry.
While speaking on capping of estimated bill, Yusuf Ibrahimof the Consumer Affairs Division of NERC mentioned that lack of adequate metersresults to arbitrary billing.
He noted that bulk metering which normally results to bulkdisconnection was not fair to consumers who pay their bills adding that billcapping would ensure fair power bill to those without metres.


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NERC Says Togo, Benin, Niger Republics Paid Nothing For Nigeria’s Power Supply - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 20, 2021
NERC in its just released Second Quarter Report 2021, stated that the power firms of the three nations and some other special customers were issued a total bill of 770 million naira by the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading company and the Market Operator of the Transmission Company of Nigeria.
The power sector regulator, while commenting on the performance of distribution companies in Nigeria with respect to the payment of electricity sold to them by the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading, NBET said the firms did not pay up all their bills.
During the second quarter of 2021, a total invoice of 259.7 billion naira was issued to the eleven Discos for energy received from the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc and for service charge by MO, out of which a sum of 130.11 billion naira was settled, representing remittance performance of 50.11 per cent.

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NESREA Cautions Miners Against Harmful Diseases - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 5, 2021
Okorie told the News men in Abakaliki today that nonuse of protective equipment by people during mining could cause kidney diseases.
Okorie expressed worry at exposure of women and children to mining activities, saying that it could be dangerous to their health.
On challenges facing the environment, the coordinator said that land degradation and erosion were the major ones.

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Neutralizing Ranked Commander Of IPOB/ESN Group By Security Forces - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 26, 2021
On Saturday, a team of security forces comprising deployment of Nigerian Army troops, Nigerian police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) killed the second in command of Indigenes People of Biafra (IPOP) / Eastern Security Network (ESN) Ikonson along with 6 of his top commanders. The Army said Ikonson was the mastermind of attacks on Imo State police Command, the Owerri Correctional Center on 5 April 2021 in addition to multiple attacks in the South-east and South-south regions of the country.
Brig-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, the Director of Army Public Relations said they were killed on detailed intelligence of their location by security agencies, he added that unfortunately four security personnel were killed during the operation and that 3 AK 47 riffles, a Toyota Sienna van  and several other items of value were recovered from them as The statement also reads that a combined team of security forces led by troops of the Nigerian Army have raided the operational Headquarters of the IPOB /ESN terrorists and movement of their overall commander known as Ikonson commander at Awomama Village, Oru East LGA of Imo State.
Ikonson Commander who was the mastermind of the Imo State police Command and the Owerri Correctional Center on 5 April 2021 and other several attacks in the South East and South South regions has been on the trail of the IRT and DSS teams along with troops of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army was finally neutralized along with 6 of his top Commanders.
The joint intelligence team/task force had earlier interviewed several arrested IPOB /ESN terrorists in relation with the April 5th attack and they all confessed that Ikonson Commander who was the then second in command appointed by their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, was the one that mobilized men and orchestrated the attacks on Owerri.
Continuing, the statement he added that on noticing the presence of the joint operations team, IPOB /ESN terrorists brought heavy volume of fire on the raiding team who swiftly responded and overwhelmed them with superior fire power that neutralized Ikonson and six of his top Commanders. Sadly however, a Second Lieutenant and three IRT operatives paid the supreme price in the fire fight that ensued. The four officers who fought gallantly have already been evacuated to a military facility in Owerri.
“The neutralized Ikonson Commander had in several occasions posed for photographs with the fugitive leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.
“The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru has commended the troops, the Police IRT and DSS operatives for their   determination in ensuring that the operation was a success he prayed for the repose of the souls of the gallant officers who lost their lives in the operation, stressing that their sacrifice will never be in vain.
“The Nigerian Army along with other security agencies will support intelligence based operations in the South East and South South until the regions are free of terrorist activities.”


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New Cabinet: Buhari Advised Not To Consider Persons With Fraud Charges, Corrupt Tendencies - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 10, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised not to consider including names of persons standing corruption trial and those with corrupt tendencies in his new cabinet.
The Executive- Secretary, Anti-Corruption and Research Based Data Initiative, ARDI Dennis Aghanya gave the advice in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja.
He said sidelining corrupt persons yet to be prosecuted and those standing trial would bestow more credibility on the president as one with zero tolerance to corruption.
Aghanya further explained that it would be most expedient to keep those standing trial out of his cabinet to forestall them funding their trials with public funds.
He, therefore called on members of the public, to assist the agency with useful information that could enrich the agency’s investigations of corrupt practices. He said that the fight against corruption is a collective responsibility.


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New Cabinet: NHRC Boss Urges In-Coming Ministers To Mainstream Human Rights In Govt. Policies - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 21, 2019
The Executive Secretary, ES of the National HumanRights Commission, Tony Ojukwu, on Wednesday in Abuja has urged the in-comingministers to mainstream human rights in development policies of government.
Ojukwu made the call while addressing newsmen.
According to the ES, the legitimacy of thegovernment in a democratic setting depended on its ability to protect thepeople, respect their rights and promote same.
Ojukwu added that accountability in implementing theprogrammes, policies, activities and ensuring that people benefit from theimplementation.
He further urged the in-coming ministers to ensuregender equality and non-discrimination in the programmes, policies andactivities.
According to him, there were various positiveexpected outcomes of mainstreaming human rights into government operations bythe incoming ministers.
The forty-three ministers were sworn-in today,Wednesday by the president, Muhammad Buhari at the Federal Executive Council,FEC chambers, Presidential Villa, Abuja.


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New Capital: President Al-Sisi Says Egypt To Move Government Headquarters In 2020 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 17, 2019
Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi says the government
headquarters is expected to be relocated to theNew Administrative
Capital in 2020 and that it would use modernsystems to reduce human
error.
Al-Sisi made this known at a discussion as partof the 3rd edition of
the World Youth Forum, which took place inEgypt’s Red Sea resort city
of Sharm El-Sheikh, titled: “ArtificialIntelligence, AI, and Humans:
Who is in control?”.
Egypt is currently building a new administrative capital cityin the
capital Cairo, which is a new home to mostgovernment buildings
including twenty-nine ministries, the cabinetand the parliament, as
well as twenty residential neighbourhoods thatcan accommodate
six-point-five million people, luxurious hotels,malls, parks and many
other venues.
In another development, Cameroon has planned tough road safety
measures during year-end festivities, includingthe deployment of
additional security forces across the country,to ensure safety at the
peak of holiday season. Police officers werealso dispatched to work
effectively on travel agencies in order to reduceover-burdening and
theft because there is high crime wave at themoment.

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New Coach: NFF Receives Ministerial Approval To Sack Rohr - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 3, 2021
Reports say this was part of the resolution reached at the meeting held in Abuja between the Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare and the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF Amaju Pinnick.
It added that among many other issues discussed, the Sports Minister gave the NFF approval to pay-off Coach Rohr and find a replacement.
It was also gathered the Minister maintained that before the federation would employ a new Coach, it must prove it can pay either whole or substantial part of the money that is due to the embattled coach.
NFF president, Amaju Pinnick, while speaking to newsmen after the meeting, said meeting touched on a wide range of issues for the good of Nigerian football and the Eagles.

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New Defence Spokesman, Gusau, Seeks Media Support For 2023 Polls - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 18, 2023
He took over from the previous Director, Major General Jimmy Akpor, who was moved to Army Headquarters as Director Personnel Services, Nigerian Army.
In his remarks, Gusau commended his predecessor for forging better relationship with the media which helped to positively project the operations of the armed forces.
He also thanked the media for the continuous support for the armed forces and called for stronger relationship between the military and the media on matters of national security.
Gusau assured that the armed forces would assist media practitioners to discharge their duties where necessary.

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New Eagles Coach: NFF Technical Committee Members Kick Over Peseiro Appointment - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 31, 2021
The NFF in a communiqué issued on Wednesday stated that the technical committee of the federation recommended that Peseiro should be employed by board of the federation.
However a former international and member of the technical committee Mutiu Adepoju said he was not aware of any meeting where the issue of a foreign technical adviser was deliberated.
Also, Former Africa Footballer of the year Victor Ikpeba was equally furious even as he stressed that the federation disrespected the members of the technical committee with the false information given to the public.
Ikpeba said they were never told about the new coach, noting that maybe they carried the head of the committee along but others are in the dark.

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New Electoral Act ‘Ll Guide Conduct Of 2023 Elections- Senate C’ttee - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 8, 2022
Mustapha gave the assurance when he led other members of the committee on a courtesy visit to Governor Seyi Makinde in Ibadan.
According to him, election results in 2023 will be transmitted electronically in line with the 2022 Electoral Act.
He said the committee was in Ibadan to sensitise the people on the new Electoral Act.
Mustapha recalled that the last major amendment to the Electoral Act was in 2010, adding there had been so many complaints nationally and internationally between then and 2022.
The committee chairman, however, sought for the support of the state government in sensitising all the state residents on the new Electoral Act.
Responding, Makinde, represented by his Deputy, Chief Adebayo Lawal, described the sensitisation as accurate and timely.

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New Electoral Act: Omo-Agege Says NASS Will Include Card Reader - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
October 4, 2019
DeputyPresident of the Senate Ovie Omo-Agege says the National Assembly will givelegal backing to card reader in the new Electoral Act, to further enhancethe integrity of the electoral process in Nigeria.
Hegave the assurance when he received the Nigerian Representatives of the AfricanUnion Economic, Social and Cultural Council, AU-ECOSOCC, led by Tunji Ashaoluin Abuja.
Astatement, quoted Omo-Agege as saying that it was important the card reader bemade part of the legal regime for elections. He added that the Senatemaintained that card reader would ensure credible polls.
Accordingto him, the mistake of the eighth National Assembly is that the amendment ofthe Electoral Act breached ECOWAS Protocol, which will not be repeated.
Earlier,leader of the delegation, Tunji John Ashaolu, emphasized the need for Nigeriato take its rightful place in the African Union,  AU.
Healso called on the National Assembly to immediately revisit the Electoral ActAmendment Bill, as well as the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill, PIGB.

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New Emirates: Court Orders Ganduje, Emir Sanusi To Maintain Status Quo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
May 15, 2019
A Kano High court presided over by Justice Nasiru Saminu has ordered Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi ll to maintain status quo in respect of the interim order issued against the governor on May 10. Justice Saminu ordered all the parties in the suit to maintain the status quo, pending the hearing of motion on notice stressing that the appointment end installations were invalid,
The court also ruled that the order issued on May 10, restraining Kano state Government from appointing four new Emirates in the state, was still subsist, pending the determination of motion on notice.
The court had through the ex-parte application by the applicant; Rabiu Gwarzo restrained Ganduje and all other respondents in the case from appointing or recognising any purported emir under the Kano state Emirs Appointment and Disposition Amendment Law 2019, pending the hearing of motion on notice
Earlier, Counsel to the applicant, Abubakar Mahmud,SAN, informed the court that the respondents have not complied with the court order earlier issued.


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New Emirates: Court Quashes Ganduje’s Quest To Vacate Status Quo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
June 20, 2019
A Kano high court has refused togrant Kano state government’s application to vacate orders directing allparties to maintain status quo on the appointment and inauguration of the newfour emirs in Kano.
A member of Kano state house ofassembly, Habibu Sale Gwarzo had sought the leave of the court to stop GovernorAbdullahi Umar Ganduje, speaker Kano state house of assembly and four otherdefendants from further action on the inauguration, appointment and issuance ofstaff of office to the newly established emirates, pending the hearing anddetermination of the motion on notice.
On resumption of motion Thursday, Justice NasiruSaminu dismissed oral application filed by former Kano state Attorney Generaland Commission for Justice Ibrahim Muktar counsel to 6th defendant, maintainedhis an expiate order issued on 10th of May, 2019, subsist.


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May 11, 2019
A Kano High Court hasgranted an order preventing Governor Abdullahi Ganduje from taking any actionto legitimize the four new emirates he created. The four new emirates are Rano,Bichi, Gaya and Karaye.
The order followed asuit filed by one Rabi’u Sule-Gwarzo challenging the decision of the governorto create the four additional emirates in the state.
The presiding Judge,Justice Nasiru Saminu gave an interim ruling directing all parties involved inthe suit to maintain status quo pending the hearing and determination of themotion on notice.
Justice Saminu alsogave an order directing the state governor and Government Printer to stop thepublication and release of the law that created the four new emirates.
The Plaintiffs in thesuit is Rabiu Sule-Gwarzo while Kano State House of Assembly Speaker is thefirst defendant, and Clerk of the Assembly is the third defendant and GovernorAbdullahi Ganduje the fourth defendant.
The Judge fixedWednesday, May 15, for hearing of the motion on notice.